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Twilight: Kosher Vampires?

Jewish Screenwriter Pens ‘Kosher’ Vampires for ‘Twilight’

Vampires aren’t very Jewish,” Rosenberg says. “The most basic thing about them is that they are born out of Christian mythology.” Nevertheless, she is quick to point out that Meyer, a devout Mormon, has created her own vampire mythology, devoid of religious connotation, absent the Christian symbolism of crosses [...]

Pushing for Better Wages, Not Necessarily Giving Them

Rabbi Michael Siegel has been a leading advocate for improving the treatment of workers in kosher food facilities. As the founding co-chair of the Hekhsher Tzedek program, Siegel was behind the release last month of detailed standards on how kosher companies should properly compensate their employees. Soon after the release of those standards, though, Siegel [...]

Kashering Utensils

If [a Jew] buys [household] utensils from a non-Jew he should immerse [in water] that which it is customary to immerse, he should scald [that which it is customary] to scald and he should heat in fire [that which it is customary] to heat in fire. Spits and racks are to be heated in fire; [...]

FailedMessiah.com: Cooked Cockroach Closes Knesset Cafeteria

Cooked Cockroach Closes Knesset Cafeteria

Kosher conundrum caused when creature cooked and served to Knesset member.

via FailedMessiah.com: Cooked Cockroach Closes Knesset Cafeteria.

The Kosher Authorities responses to the Rubashkins fiasco in Postville, Iowa was much slower and more often defensive than punitive.  This is some circumstantial evidence that the ritual aspects are more important than the business [...]